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i had to look at every single tax available, a sales-tax and income-tax, you name it. i have done it. so did the lieutenant governor at the time. that is something the lieutenant governor of the time said was our responsibility. you would not know anything about it. what you do not do is do your job as a legislator, worried problems will come along later, to try to run a campaign. >> i do not blame you. >> went over and over again, there is nothing else to suggest. that is all you do. >> there is nothing else to suggest that. i am sorry, mr. sadler, i think you lied. i am sorry you want to attack me personally. and impugn my character. i do not intend to reciprocate. that is a misstatement. there's a sharp policy different between the policies you have advocated and are advocating. i also think -- >> let him finish, please. >> if you will stop him in a reasonable time -- he just goes on for 20 minutes. >> we only have two minutes left ear. we will try to wrap up. >> mr. cruz, if you are successful, you will be the junior senator for texas. as i have said before, there
i had to look at every single tax available, a sales-tax and income-tax, you name it. i have done it. so did the lieutenant governor at the time. that is something the lieutenant governor of the time said was our responsibility. you would not know anything about it. what you do not do is do your job as a legislator, worried problems will come along later, to try to run a campaign. >> i do not blame you. >> went over and over again, there is nothing else to suggest. that is all you...
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history shows when you raise taxes on the 1% of people that pays 42% of the taxes, you will collect less money. the big fundamental issue is, what are we doing on the constructive part of the economy? we have to address them. >> ok. >> george bush entered into a deal that was supposed to be balanced. the trade-off was reduce spending. the higher taxes were immediate. the reining in spending was to come later. we are still waiting. the negotiations are very complex. there are a lot of pieces to it. everything is going to end-of being on the table. there is no question that you need to curb long temp entitlement costs. it is the number one spending program in the government. that will need to be looked at and a whole bunch of other things are complex. you cannot do one without looking at everything. >> very briefly i want to ask the things you think need to be done to restore business competitiveness over the course of the next four years of whoever wins the presidential election on november 6. >> i am 100% certain they can all be done. will they? i think there will be enormous pressure fo
history shows when you raise taxes on the 1% of people that pays 42% of the taxes, you will collect less money. the big fundamental issue is, what are we doing on the constructive part of the economy? we have to address them. >> ok. >> george bush entered into a deal that was supposed to be balanced. the trade-off was reduce spending. the higher taxes were immediate. the reining in spending was to come later. we are still waiting. the negotiations are very complex. there are a lot...
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the republicans held middle- class tax cuts hostage to tax cuts for the wealthy. my fight was to expand the trial tax credit. my fight was to treat the educational opportunity tax ians.t that helped new jerse to ensure that more than 2 million new jersians do not have the alternative minimum tax. >> here are the facts. everybody's tax rates are going to go up in january. that is the plan. that is the schedule. i think a disturbed that is what the senator and breezes and wants. it is not about millionaires and billionaires. it is about the middle class. the two supposedly cares so much about. because those are the people that work for the small businesses that will be disproportionately impacted. one out of six people in america who work in the private sector will be impacted by these tax rates. the national federation of independent businesses said that if they go, we will lose 700,000 jobs in this country. in new jersey, do you know how many? 20,000. michael just talked about the new jersey unemployment rate. we have got hundreds of thousands of people out of wor
the republicans held middle- class tax cuts hostage to tax cuts for the wealthy. my fight was to expand the trial tax credit. my fight was to treat the educational opportunity tax ians.t that helped new jerse to ensure that more than 2 million new jersians do not have the alternative minimum tax. >> here are the facts. everybody's tax rates are going to go up in january. that is the plan. that is the schedule. i think a disturbed that is what the senator and breezes and wants. it is not...
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give them tax breaks. do not tax them or do anything wrong to them. if you tax them more, they will not want to grow. they will not want to hire people. give them tax breaks. >> how do you think the race will go in florida? for mitt'm voting romney. >> next caller is on our independent line. go ahead. caller: this is wade. >> go ahead with your comments. caller: it is important to us that governor romney is talking about first amendment rights and religious freedom. sometimes that gets played over in america. as victims in a church in mississippi, we have had many a salted. we're not even allowed to eat in certain restaurants. we are hoping that the religious persecution, which has been ongoing, perhaps when mr. romney becomes our next president, we are hoping that whoever gets the office, we have the worst civil rights violation in mississippi and the correction in the local and state government in mississippi. lives are being hurt. children are being kidnapped. i was very motivated to your mitt romney talk about the first amendment. >> we will get a
give them tax breaks. do not tax them or do anything wrong to them. if you tax them more, they will not want to grow. they will not want to hire people. give them tax breaks. >> how do you think the race will go in florida? for mitt'm voting romney. >> next caller is on our independent line. go ahead. caller: this is wade. >> go ahead with your comments. caller: it is important to us that governor romney is talking about first amendment rights and religious freedom. sometimes...
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would raise taxes on every single tax and who pays income tax. are the texans to pay income taxes we would not raise taxes on? you did not have an answer. >> you will not put words in my mouth. i would say, the first place, we have to balance the budget, cut spending, and raise revenue to reduce the national debt. you have never given any plan to reduce the national debt. anything you even described. talk about the deficit, our current budget, but you never say how you will eliminate $16 billion of the national debt. even tom coburn, one of your heroes, from oklahoma, says we have to raise revenue. we have to cut spending. we have to balance our budget. that is not liberal, that is not conservative, it is just the truth. >> i will make a point that in that entire answer, mr. sadler did not disagree with me once that there is not a single texan who currently pays income tax that he is willing to rule out raising taxes on. i've asked to three times that question, and you have yet to give an answer. >> hold on, what about the question of revenue? he
would raise taxes on every single tax and who pays income tax. are the texans to pay income taxes we would not raise taxes on? you did not have an answer. >> you will not put words in my mouth. i would say, the first place, we have to balance the budget, cut spending, and raise revenue to reduce the national debt. you have never given any plan to reduce the national debt. anything you even described. talk about the deficit, our current budget, but you never say how you will eliminate $16...
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this is a tax in itself -- the economy tax. gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up, health-care costs have gone up by $2,500 per family. the question is how to get them going again. it is energy and trade. the right kind of training programs. the president mentioned those ideas. education. it is key. it is the future of our economy. we have 47 training programs. they are reporting to eight agencies. we have to get those dollars back to the states and to the workers so they can create pathways into training they need for jobs that will help them. taxation. we should bring the tax rates down. for corporations and individuals. for us not to lose revenue, i lowered deductions and credits and intentions so we keep taking in the same money when you account for growth. energy is critical. the president pointed out that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up but not due to his policies -- in spite of his policies. all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on privat
this is a tax in itself -- the economy tax. gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up, health-care costs have gone up by $2,500 per family. the question is how to get them going again. it is energy and trade. the right kind of training programs. the president mentioned those ideas. education. it is key. it is the future of our economy. we have 47 training programs. they are reporting to eight agencies. we have to get those dollars back to the...